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Hey Babes

Hey there Monday babes! How has the week been? We are doing pretty fabulously. The house is almost ready. Today I’m working on staging and tomorrow photos! Whoohooo, this feels like such a whirlwind. I’m doing my best to lockdown rooms as they are finished but it turns out all our rooms are really fun so it’s hard to keep people out of them.

This afternoon I have brought out the craft box and am hoping to keep them entertained with beads and gluey crafts in the dining room. Lately I’ve been feeling I’m missing my domestic side, I haven’t done much of our cooking or baking lately. Today is another snowy little day and it seemed such a perfect day to cozy up so I am making granola for snacks and catching up on Outlander, to which I have become completely addicted by the way. A perfect way to spend the afternoon.

I’m starting to feel a little nostalgic about the whole house selling bit. I am loving our neighbourhood so much that I can see our family grow here. Friday was a lovely warm day and a text went out “neighbourhood dinner?” We all packed up our meals and shared them in our neighbors backyard. The dads taught the littles to play baseball. The moms chatted and drank wine and I could feel it, us living here forever. But alas, I think that’s normal, change is hard. I will remember we will still have all these beautiful friendships, distance doesn’t need to change that. And this move is an opportunity for a bit of a fresh start for me, and Toronto is fun and exciting. I truely am very excited to see where this year will take us.

Okay I am off to drink tea, arrange flowers and cushions, smooth linens and more!

Tomorrow’s post I planned to walk you through the staging process with me. See what I did, what I skipped and I hope you’ll have some tips for me which I hadn’t thought of yet.